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D-Index
35
Citations
6018
World Ranking
9146
National Ranking
3858

Best Publications

  • The endoplasmic reticulum stress response in aging and age-related diseases.

    Marishka K. Brown;Nirinjini Naidoo

  • Macromolecule biosynthesis: a key function of sleep.

    Miroslaw Mackiewicz;Keith R. Shockley;Micah A. Romer;Raymond J. Galante

  • ER and aging-Protein folding and the ER stress response.

    Nirinjini Naidoo

  • A role for the proteasome in the light response of the timeless clock protein.

    Nirinjini Naidoo;Wei Song;Melissa Hunter-Ensor;Amita Sehgal

  • Aging Impairs the Unfolded Protein Response to Sleep Deprivation and Leads to Proapoptotic Signaling

    Nirinjini Naidoo;Megan Ferber;Monali Master;Yan Zhu

  • Sleep deprivation induces the unfolded protein response in mouse cerebral cortex.

    Nirinjini Naidoo;William Giang;Raymond J. Galante;Allan I. Pack

  • Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity.

    Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Michelle Dumoulin;Sushil K. Jha;Sushil K. Jha

  • Relationships among dietary nutrients and subjective sleep, objective sleep, and napping in women

    Michael A. Grandner;Daniel F. Kripke;Nirinjini Naidoo;Robert D. Langer

  • The energy hypothesis of sleep revisited.

    Matthew T. Scharf;Nirinjini Naidoo;John E. Zimmerman;Allan I. Pack

  • Photic signaling by cryptochrome in the Drosophila circadian system.

    Fang-Ju Lin;Wei Song;Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein;Nirinjini Naidoo

  • Conservation of sleep: insights from non-mammalian model systems

    John E. Zimmerman;Nirinjini Naidoo;David M. Raizen;Allan I. Pack

  • Cloning, expression, purification, and biological activity of recombinant native and variant human alpha 1-antichymotrypsins.

    H. Rubin;Zhi Mei Wang;E. B. Nickbarg;S. Mclarney

  • Protein synthesis during sleep consolidates cortical plasticity in vivo

    Julie Seibt;Julie Seibt;Michelle C. Dumoulin;Sara J. Aton;Tammi Coleman

  • Structure-function analysis of soluble forms of herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D.

    A V Nicola;S H Willis;N N Naidoo;R J Eisenberg

  • Cellular stress/the unfolded protein response: Relevance to sleep and sleep disorders

    Nirinjini Naidoo

  • A role for the molecular chaperone protein BiP/GRP78 in Drosophila sleep homeostasis.

    Nirinjini Naidoo;Vincent Casiano;Jacqueline Cater;John Zimmerman

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Sleep and Wakefulness

    Miroslaw Mackiewicz;Nirinjini Naidoo;John E. Zimmerman;Allan I. Pack

  • The endoplasmic reticulum stress response and aging.

    Nirinjini Naidoo

  • Multiple mechanisms limit the duration of wakefulness in Drosophila brain

    John E. Zimmerman;Wendy Rizzo;Keith R. Shockley;David M. Raizen

  • Eif-2a Protects Brainstem Motoneurons in a Murine Model of Sleep Apnea

    Yan Zhu;Polina Fenik;Guanxia Zhan;Ben Sanfillipo-Cohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos G. Frank
Marcos G. Frank Washington State University Spokane
Sara J. Aton
Sara J. Aton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Amita Sehgal
Amita Sehgal University of Pennsylvania
Gary A. Churchill
Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory
Gary H. Cohen
Gary H. Cohen University of Pennsylvania
Richard R. Bootzin
Richard R. Bootzin University of Arizona
Shauna L. Shapiro
Shauna L. Shapiro Santa Clara University
Amy S. Lee
Amy S. Lee University of Southern California
Hans P. A. Van Dongen
Hans P. A. Van Dongen Washington State University Spokane

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